25/39 They will call me a coward." "No one shall do so. I swear that he who calls you a coward shall feel the weight of my arm." "Why am I not to go with them? All I say to you is, go home to your mother to-morrow, and stay there. Should you fire a shot, or strike a blow against those men we are going to hunt down, you may do a deed which would separate you from the rest of mankind, and leave you to drag on a miserable guilty life. Do you promise ?" "I will promise," said Charles; "but I wonder----" "Never mind wondering. |